SECOND DIVISION
[G.R. No. 250889. September 14, 2020.]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee,vs. QUIN VILLANUEVA Y FERNANDEZ, accused-appellant.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames:
Please take notice that the Court, Second Division, issued a Resolution dated14 September 2020which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 250889 (People of the Philippines v. Quin Villanueva y Fernandez). — After a judicious study of the case, the Court resolves to DISMISS the appeal 1 for failure to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals (CA) committed any reversible error in the assailed Decision as to warrant the exercise of the Court's appellate jurisdiction.
WHEREFORE, the Court ADOPTS the findings of fact and conclusions of law in the April 12, 2019 Decision 2 of the CA in CA-G.R. CR-HC No. 10250 and AFFIRMS said Decision finding accused-appellant Quin Villanueva y Fernandez GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the crimes of Illegal Sale and Illegal Possession of Dangerous Drugs, defined and penalized under Sections 5 and 11, Article II of Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the 'Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.' Accordingly, he is sentenced as follows: (a) in Crim. Case No. 23166-14-C, for Illegal Sale of Dangerous Drugs, the penalty of life imprisonment, and to pay a fine in the amount of P500,000.00; and (b) in Crim. Case No. 23167-14-C, for Illegal Possession of Dangerous Drugs, the penalty of imprisonment for an indeterminate period of twelve (12) years of reclusion temporal, as minimum, to fourteen (14) years of reclusion temporal, as maximum, and to pay a fine in the amount of P300,000.00.
SO ORDERED. (Baltazar-Padilla, J., on leave.)"
By authority of the Court:
(SGD.) TERESITA AQUINO TUAZONDivision Clerk of Court
Footnotes
1. See Notice of Appeal dated May 10, 2019; rollo, pp. 16-17.
2.Id. at 3-15. Penned by Associate Justice Mario V. Lopez (now a member of this Court) with Associate Justices Zenaida T. Galapate-Laguilles and Tita Marilyn B. Payoyo-Villordon, concurring.